Dukes v. Page

This is an original proceeding in which . Matthew D. Dukes has petitioned this Court for a writ of habeas corpus or post-conviction appeal attacking the legality of his imprisonment in the State Penitentiary by authority of judgment and sentence imposed in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Case No. 30306, sentencing him, on a plea of guilty, to life imprisonment for the crime of murder. Essentially, it is petitioner’s contention that he did not freely, voluntarily, and intelligently enter a plea of guilty and that he was denied the right to appeal his conviction.

In view of the…